That WCE bus they have after the morning trains is a joke. It meanders all over hell's half-acre to get downtown (that's necessary I suppose) but seems even sillier when you consider there's only one such bus.

Track time is an issue, ridership is another issue. I don't think there is enough demand for such service outside of peak hours, so it isn't viable to run the service without huge subsidy. Plus.. why would TransLink spend money on upgrading something that's not their's...?

Having at least 1 reverse train a day would be nice, i agree. Because then i could go out and visit family in Maple Ridge via train, instead of driving (sorry, but no way i am busing, too slow and too many transfers)

In lots of places anything 15 minutes or less is considered frequent service. We're just a bit spoiled. Waiting for the C-Train when I'm back in Calgary these days can drive me crazy.

Although, come to think of it, when the Evergreen Line opens, I'm pretty sure you'll be getting frequency in the 3 to 5 minute range (its after midnight and I can't remember correctly) and right from the get go you'll be getting frequency that's greater than the Canada Line's 12 minutes on its branches at night.

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

i know thats why i think its laughable that people in here whine about it lol

thats all

i was in san francisco catching a muni train and we had gotten to the platform and the sign said we had to wait 14 mins! and this was just after dinner around 6:30 pm on a weekday - coming back from where we were going was even worse - apparently the train only ran once an hour and we ended up waiting two hours cause something happenned and they just didn't run the train we were waiting for

Can't have said it better:

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Originally Posted by Echowinds

I think Skytrain as a whole is excellent and has frequencies on par with subway lines in cities several times larger than Vancouver, but that doesn't mean it is laughable to point out there few weaknesses there are.

(oh, and purely for the interest of those who haven't seen it, in Paris a stop sign is now the classic red octagon with "STOP" stop painted on, if you
can believe it. Plus, the French have incorporated the verb "stopper" into their language, to mean stop. How this differs from 'arrêter' still eludes me,
but anyway the Québec seperatisits would be up in arms over this, although of course that's another issue)

The point I was simply trying to make is how people perceive and interpret differently.

I like the Running Man, and agree it should be incorporated into Skytrain signs here.

Why I say Exit is more universally understood, when I was in Germany and Poland a few years ago they had EXIT and their German/Polish equivalent next to each actual exit. I have only seen "Way Out" in London UK was I was there, as the previous poster stated.